DADE CITY, Fla. — A man who was in the Pasco County Jail on charges of sexual battery on a 5-year-old girl has been rearrested on similar charges when the child with 3.
Francisco Vallejo, 59, was arrested on Nov. 4.
Deputies say he was working to fix a washing machine outside a home and, at the time, was being supervised by the child's mother.
When the mother returned to check on him after a business call, deputies say Vallejo was found in the living room assaulting the child. The arrest report says the mother told him to leave.
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Deputies say the young girl described in graphic detail to a nurse at Zephyrhills Hospital what Vallejo had done to her, including pointing to her private area.
Vallejo told deputies he believed "the victim always tells the truth" and called himself a "monster," the arrest report reads.
He was arrested again on Wednesday on charges of sexual battery on the same child 18 months ago.
Vallejo remains in the Pasco County jail.
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